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Dow Industrial Average Return Rate vs. 2 Year Treasury Rate
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DJIA Return Rate
Simultaneous Change
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DJIA Return Rate
Subsequent Change
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1% Rise in 2 Year Treasury Rate over 1 Year
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1% Decline in 2 Year Treasury Rate over 1 Year
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Average Return Rate decline during that year and a 1.60% Dow Industrial Average
Return Rate increase the following year.
It also indicates that a 1% 2 Year Treasury Rate decline over a 12 month period,
(from 5% to 4% for example) has typically been accompanied by a 3.12% Dow
Industrial Average Return Rate increase during that year and a 0.21% Dow Industrial
Average Return Rate decline the following year.
The center column shows the change in the Dow Industrial Average Return Rate over
12 months, depending on whether the period experienced a rising or falling 2 Year
Treasury Rate. The right column shows the change in the Dow Industrial Average
Return Rate during the year following an increase or decrease in the 2 Year Treasury
Rate.
The data history in the middle column shows a strong tendency for the two
rates to move inversely to each other during the same time period.
The evidence for using the previous 12 month change in the 2 Year Treasury
Rate to predict the future direction of the Dow Industrial Average Return
Rate is strong (right column).
Annual rates are shown in the graph and calculations.
How Do I Use This Information?
There are many investment theories that are well publicized in the financial press.
Even though little or no historical data may be offered as evidence for such theories,
many investors use them subconsciously, if not intentionally.
Example Theories: Rising Inflation is bad for the stock market. A booming housing
market is good for the S&P 500 stock index. A falling fed funds rate means that long
term interest rates will fall.
There are many such theories. In this site, long term investment and economic data
is tested against decades to determine whether a relationship actually exists or not.
This historical correlation provides a vital aid in interpreting the often confusing
behavior of the financial markets. The perspective gained may be the difference
between staying the course or being blown and tossed by every investment theory
that is popular at the moment. What the majority assumes to be true, often is not. In
the final analysis, readers are admonished to follow the evidence, wherever it leads.
Industrial Average Return Rate. Suppose you are making a business or investment
decision. Suppose again that the decision hinges on whether the 2 Year Treasury
Rate and the Dow Industrial Average Return Rate tend to move in the same or
opposite directions. The data and analysis above as well as other Dow Charts in this
site will enlighten you. You'll discover whether they move with, inversely to, or
independently of each other.
Suppose that the 2 Year Treasury Rate has risen sharply and that you need to know
what direction the Dow Industrial Average Return Rate is headed in the near future.
Does the recent increase in the 2 Year Treasury Rate provide a clue about the future
direction of the Dow Industrial Average Return Rate? The data history, graph, and
analysis above will show you how the Dow Industrial Average Return Rate has
performed after increases in the 2 Year Treasury Rate. You'll see if one indicator has
been likely to signal a change in another. This is not intended as a prediction, but
merely as a clue to the future from the annals of history. No man knows the future,
unless he has the ability to control the future.
This site compares data series for interest rates, stock indexes, economic indicators,
currency exchange rates and real estate values. Suppose that you want to see how
stock indexes are influenced by interest rates or the value of the dollar. Click one of
the stock index links on the right side of any page. Links to our multi-series graphs
and correlation analysis may be found at the bottom-center of the stock index pages.
Formula for periods with a rising 2 Year Treasury Rate:
1) Change in the Dow Industrial Average Return Rate DURING periods with a rising 2
Year Treasury Rate:
The abbreviated formula is: (Dow Industrial Average Return Rate Change / 2 Year
Treasury Rate Rise) x 1% = Published Rate.
The complete formula is: [(Average change in the Dow Industrial Average Return
Rate over all rolling 12 month periods with a rising 2 Year Treasury Rate) / (Average
Rise in the 2 Year Treasury Rate over the same 12 month periods)] x 1% = Published
Rate.
2) Change in the Dow Industrial Average Return Rate AFTER a rising 2 Year
Treasury Rate:
The abbreviated formula is: (Subsequent Dow Industrial Average Return Rate
Change / 2 Year Treasury Rate Rise) x 1% = Published Rate.
The complete formula is: [(Average change in the Dow Industrial Average Return
Rate during the 12 months following any rolling 12 month base period with a rising 2
Year Treasury Rate) / (Average Rise in the 2 Year Treasury Rate over the 12 month
base periods)] x 1% = Published Rate.
Formula for periods with a declining 2 Year Treasury Rate:
1) Change in the Dow Industrial Average Return Rate DURING periods with a
declining 2 Year Treasury Rate:
The abbreviated formula is: (Dow Industrial Average Return Rate Change / 2 Year
Treasury Rate Decline) x -1% = Published Rate.
The complete formula is: [(Average change in the Dow Industrial Average Return
Rate over all rolling 12 month periods with a declining 2 Year Treasury Rate) /
(Average decline in the 2 Year Treasury Rate over the same 12 month periods)] x
-1% = Published Rate.
2) Change in the Dow Industrial Average Return Rate AFTER a decreasing 2 Year
Treasury Rate:
The abbreviated formula is: (Subsequent Dow Industrial Average Return Rate
Change / 2 Year Treasury Rate Decrease) x -1% = Published Rate.
The complete formula is: [(Average change in the Dow Industrial Average Return
Rate during the 12 months following any rolling 12 month base period with a declining
2 Year Treasury Rate) / (Average decline in the 2 Year Treasury Rate over the 12
month base periods)] x -1% = Published Rate.
Rolling 12 Month Periods Defined:
Overlapping 12 month periods in a monthly data base.
For example:
In the 24 month period included in 2000 - 2001, there are 13 complete rolling 12
month periods. The first is January, 2000 - December, 2000. The second is February,
2000 - January, 2001. The third is March, 2000 - February, 2001 and so on. The last
complete rolling 12 month period in the 2000 - 2001 period is January, 2001 -
December, 2001.
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